12dz Chapter 308 Attacking Niangzi Pass
Chapter 308 Attacking Niangzi Pass
At the beginning of September, under the northern sky, the air quietly changed into cool clothes.
Compared with the lingering heat in the south, here the temperature changes from cold to warm only in the morning and evening. The temperature difference becomes a clever stroke of nature, outlining a series of pleasant scenery.
Zhao Yongqiang led his team and advanced towards Niangzi Pass.
This place is the border between Dingzhou and Bingzhou, and belongs to Bingzhou.
Firing the first shot here means officially declaring war on Bingzhou.
In the early morning, Niangzi Pass was shrouded in a thin layer of fog, making it hazy.
From a hundred paces away, it is difficult to see if anyone is approaching.
Two hundred steps away, thirty mortars had already aimed at the city wall of Niangzi Pass.
Four members of the railway protection team quietly approached the gate of the pass, carrying two rocket launchers, and found a hiding place.
A cloud-piercing arrow suddenly rose into the sky.
The time for the general offensive has arrived.
puff~
The rocket launcher was fired at the city gate, instantly blowing a big hole in the wooden door.
The loud explosion woke up the soldiers guarding the city who were still in a daze. They all stuck their heads out and looked towards the gate, and for a moment they didn't understand what was happening.
Followed by.
The mortar made a "thump thump thump" sound and the bomb flew towards the city wall.
Just as it was about to land, an explosion was heard in the air.
Hundreds of steel pillars inside instantly shot out in all directions.
The soldiers on the city wall of the pass were hit by the flying steel pillars, and they let out shrill wail. Some of them fell to the ground, twisting their bodies in pain and covering their injured parts. The tragic scene was unbearable to watch.
The incident happened so suddenly that some people were still confused. Then, when the whistling sound of the tail whistle was heard, they instantly felt that something was wrong.
Another explosion sounded, and holes were made in the tiles on the hanging building, and the tiles fell down with a loud noise.
The second round of attacks has caused some people to completely stop breathing.
"Rush..."
The guards, armed with rifles, wore specially made gray short suits and had plate armor protecting their bodies in front and behind. Under the cover of shield soldiers, they bravely rushed towards the Niangzi Pass.
"There is an enemy attack!" A man who looked like an officer walked out of the hanging tower at the pass and shouted at the top of his lungs.
But all he saw were corpses and injured people all over the ground.
When Zhao Yongqiang's guards approached, the people on the city wall had no power to fight back.
Following behind were two large groups of aristocratic families, holding up their swords and spears, rushing forward shouting.
Even as the vanguard of the guards approached, soldiers using rockets had already blown open the gate, which was burning with flames.
Although it is possible to enter, the gate is not so easy to pass through at this time.
"Use explosives to blow up the gate again."
In the team, a team leader gave an order.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing the order, the team members quickly moved forward carrying a cloth bag.
I came to the gate, looked at the door frame that still had it, and found a place without flames.
Place the explosives on top and light the fuse.
After the team members left and rolled onto a wooden pile, the gate made a loud noise and collapsed completely.
"Come on!"
The order sounded again in the team.
Under the cover of his comrades, the armed soldiers rushed in with their guns raised, the bayonets on the tips of their guns flashing coldly.
First a small team rushed in, and then another small team...
After the vanguard team entered, the teams from the aristocratic families rushed in one after another.
The total number of defenders was less than 2,000.
With today's hot weapons and the advantage of manpower, they successfully passed Niangzi Pass in less than an hour.
According to the pre-war deployment, this place was quickly taken over by other aristocratic family guards.
This place is only fifty miles away from Pingyang County. After a short rest, the team headed in that direction.
After a forced march, the team arrived in Pingyang County in two hours.
There were not many people in the city at this time, and the defenders were only 20,000 people.
The defending general was Mu Hui, and he also had a military advisor named Kui Zheng.
They had already learned that Niangzi Pass was attacked by people from Luancheng.
"What did you say? The uniforms are neither those of the Dingzhou Army nor the Luanzhou New Army?"
When Kui Zheng heard the scout's report, he felt an indescribable strange feeling.
"You said they weren't the Dingzhou Army, so who could they be?"
Mu Hui was puzzled and asked Kui Zheng curiously.
"The scouts said their uniforms were very uniform, unlike a ragtag group. However, they weren't the imperial army either. Their weapons were very similar to the cannons from Luanzhou."
Kui Zheng was also undecided and looked towards the outside of the city with a confused look on his face.
"Don't be so pretentious here. They are already approaching the city. How should we fight them?"
Mu Hui urged anxiously.
"Let's defend it for now. If it doesn't work, we can only abandon the city and head to Jinyang."
Kui Zheng waved his hands, shook his head helplessly, and then shook his hands again.
"We have cannons defending the city, we won't lose it so soon."
Mu Hui was unwilling to give in, so he asked Xiang Kui Zheng tentatively.
"Well, we won't know whether we can hold on until we fight."
Kui Zheng's words are quite philosophical and thought-provoking.
Following Xu Gang's suggestion, Zhao Yongqiang set up camp two miles away from the city.
The vanguard advanced one mile, with twenty mortars calibrated and ready to fire.
This time they could only hang explosives on the tail fins of the shells, so the accuracy might not be precise, but fortunately they could carry out long-range strikes.
The scouts moved forward, waiting for the artillery to conduct live-fire calibrations.
After a while, sporadic artillery shells were fired at the city walls of Pingyang County.
After several rounds of test firing, the shells basically exploded on the top of the city walls.
Although they wanted to destroy the city defense artillery, the mortars, which were less accurate, only destroyed two artillery positions.
"Continue bombarding, and make sure to destroy all ten city defense cannons above."
The commander ordered his artillerymen to constantly adjust the muzzles of their guns.
"Captain, if we move forward two hundred paces, the enemy's artillery may not be able to hit us."
"No, the trenches are being dug ahead, and ten more guns will be set up ahead."
"I think it's almost time, let's go forward." The gunner who had not yet fired asked.
The squadron leader commanding the artillery looked at the trenches ahead and reluctantly nodded, saying, "Captain Three, take your men with you."
Mortars were originally organized into teams based on the number of people, so a team only had ten guns.
The team leader led his men forward and soon arrived at the designated location.
The team members quickly set up the gun.
"Hurry up and make adjustments, and start testing the guns immediately."
The team leader looked at the explosion point in front of him which fell in a remote place and urged anxiously.
"Report, gun position number three is ready."
"Okay, signal with the flag, requesting observation."
"Yes!"
A flag signalman waving two red and green flags in his hands.
"Report, we can test fire now."
The flag signalman replied to the squad leader.
"Gun position number three is ready for test firing."
The team leader stopped talking nonsense and directly ordered the No. 3 gun position to fire.
Then the other gun positions were prepared and all the guns were debugged in turn.
It was really helpless. Although their mortars were easy to use, their accuracy still needed the assistance of the forward observation posts in order to effectively carry out the siege.
The artillery in front and behind continued to bombard the city wall, and soon the north gate became difficult to defend, and a huge gap was blown out in the city wall.
Moreover, the city defense artillery was blown to the side.